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Fostoria official outlines MS4 stormwater permit requirements; council holds first readings for related ordinances
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Jamieson Botemer briefed council on municipal separate storm sewer (MS4) obligations; council introduced three new stormwater ordinances (first readings) and amendments to two existing chapters to meet state and federal permit requirements and a June 30 compliance timeline.
Jamieson Botemer, assistant superintendent of the wastewater treatment plant, told the council that the city must adopt ordinances and implement plans to comply with its MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) permit. Botemer said the city is designated a Phase 2 community and must establish local ordinances, inspection and monitoring procedures, and stormwater protection plans.
"MS 4, which is the municipal separate storm, sewer system," Botemer said, explaining that the ordinances give the city "the teeth" to…
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